No Merbs were harmed in the making of this story.
The Chroma Stone That Wouldn't Die
Part Four
A full night had passed and the chroma stone was still in effect.
Aerrow was the last one to walk onto the bridge that morning. Radarr was straddled around the redhead's neck, covering and uncovering the boy's eyes with his top two hands and playing with his face with the other two.
The Sky Knight was not amused. Radarr, however, was enjoying himself immensely.
"I hope this thing wears off soon." Unable to see where he was going, Aerrow walked right "Ow" into the table. "Why is the table on the bridge?"
"Because Piper wanted it on the bridge," Stork said. "And I don't argue with Piper."
Finn rolled his eyes. "Sissy."
And was promptly elbowed in the gut courtesy of Piper.
Radarr continued to play with Aerrow's face as he sat down at the table.
"I really hope this wears off soon." Radarr jumped onto the table, smacking Aerrow in the face with his tails. "Radarr!"
The animal grinned.
As soon as Piper set the sandcakes down, Radarr grabbed one in each hand and darted off the table.
He climbed up the wall to the ceiling, using one of his secondary hands to hang off a light fixture.
He was on his last sandcake when—zzz-pop!—the stone shorted out and all of Radarr's extra appendages disappeared.
"Yip!"
Plop!
He landed on Finn's head. "Well, that's the end of that."
"So, how long did that chroma stone last with that enhancer stone?" Aerrow asked casually.
"Almost a week," Piper replied. "But I'll have to do some calculations to figure out exactly how long."
"How 'bout if you figure out why it made me look like Dark Ace, Dark Ace look like Aerrow and why it turned Radarr into a mutant," Finn said, Radarr still on his head.
Piper's eyes lit up. "Maybe I can figure out a way to control it. And not just changing hair and eye color, but changing our appearance completely..."
Finn stared at her. "Somebody please stop her."
Junko continued to eat quietly.
fin
Anti-climatic with lack of reaction. And a Radarr on Finn's head. I guess after so long you don't really care how it ends. Aerrow just wanted Radarr to stop playing with his face. Finn just wanted the thing to die before it touched him again. Stork and Junko don't seem to really care. Unfortunately for the boys Piper seems to have another idea. However, I don't think Finn will be volunteering to be her guinea pig.